Two men accused of helping a female serial killer are due to stand trial on Wednesday.

Joanna Dennehy, 31, of Bifield, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, pleaded guilty to murdering three men at the Old Bailey in November and is in custody awaiting sentencing.

The pleas came after the bodies of Lukasz Slaboszewski, 31, Kevin Lee, 48, and John Chapman, 56, were found dumped in ditches in Cambridgeshire in March and April last year.

Each man died from multiple stab wounds but until now little explanation of how or why Dennehy carried out the killings has been given in court.

Gary Richards, also known as Gary Stretch , 47, of Riseholme, Orton Goldhay, Peterborough, has denied three charges of preventing the lawful burial of all three men and the attempted murders of two other men.